Leidenbrock Quotes

#1. I am the Colombus of this nether world!
Dr. Leidenbrock

Jules Verne

#2. I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading ... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get.

Junot Diaz

#3. Colin leaned forward. I really did not want to leave my wife.

Julia Quinn

#4. The extreme geniality of San Francisco's economic, intellectual and political climate makes it the most varied and challenging city in the United States.

James A. Michener

#5. If the president is going to use so much language of theology and the Bible, then let's use that language for a serious discussion about the war in Iraq. And that was never done.

Jim Wallis

#6. I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.

Harold E. Varmus

#7. We're going through this super-uptight era, which I think comes entirely from literacy, actually. It's the result of machines that were designed as word processors being used for making music.

Brian Eno

#8. I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.

Larry Wall

#9. Don't retreat. Instead - reload!

Sarah Palin

#10. The fashions we call English in Paris are French in London, and vice versa. Franco-British hostility vanishes when it comes to questions of words and clothing. God save the King is a tune composed by Lully for a chorus in a play by Racine.

Honore De Balzac